German 361st Infantry Division

The German 361st Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from 20 November 1943 to 10 March 1945. The division was formed in Denmark from fresh German troops and the remnants of the German 86th Infantry Division, and Siegmund von Schleinitz was its first commander. The division fought at the front during Operation Bagration in 1944, and its commander Gerhard Lindemann and several of its troops were captured at Brody. The 569th Volksgrenadier Division reinforced the 361st Infantry Division, which was redesignated as a volksgrenadier division and sent to the Arnhem sector of the Netherlands and the Vosges Mountains of France. On 10 March 1945, it was incorporated into the 559th Volksgrenadier Division.